By Austin M Chiavaroli, Staff Writer
The movie genre of science fiction has given us the famous classics like Star Wars and Star Trek. Director Christopher Nolan, takes a shot in this genre with his new movie titled, “Interstellar.”
In the movie, Earth has been struck by a devastating amount of global drought and famine causing most civilizations to become more agriculture bound. Former astronaut, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), finds his young daughter, Murphy (Mackenzie Foy), claiming to have a ghost in her room that is trying to talk to her. When he looks into his daughter’s issue, he finds that it isn’t ghosts, but in fact, an unknown intelligent life form trying to communicate by gravitational waves pushing binary code into dust. Cooper finds that the binary code is actually directions to a hidden NASA installation where Professor John Brand (Michael Caine) works. Professor Brand reveals a wormhole through time and space had been created by aliens. This wormhole could possibly lead to new planets to help with the survival of the human race. Cooper decides to become the main pilot of the ship “Endurance” as he travels together with a crew: Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway), Romilly (David Gyasi), Doyle (Wes Bentley), and robots TARS (Bill Irwin) and CASE (John Stewart) to these new planets to experience to secrets and dangers they hold.
The story of “Interstellar” is not too original, but to the film’s credit, Nolan really did his homework and saw all of the main aspects a true science fiction movie should have.
This movie feels immense, as it should feel for scenes that take place in the vastness of space. The actors are also a selling point for the movie, especially Matthew McConaughey, who shows the best of his acting in this film. The film itself is almost three hours long and gives a lot for the audience to take in. The special effects and CGI of the planets looks very descent and, at times, almost realistic. It blends well with the beautiful look of the distant stars that are seen farther out into the background.
Though the movie has its moments of awe and wonder, it also has its dramatic scenes. When the crew finally reaches the target planet, it feels as if the movie has changed pace.
The time duration of the film is an issue. There are a lot of cool and astonishing scenes, but the film drags on as it enters the third half of the movie. The biggest issue is the changes of pace through the film, it feels as if there is two different ideas playing out. One idea is for the movie to be big and beautiful, and the other is to have suspense and drama. The two do not blend together very well in the movie. It makes the movie feel like it doesn’t know what to be.
Even though it has major issues, the film itself is still enjoyable to sit through and is a descent sci-fi film. This movie gets the rating of 4.5/5.
